Meta and Reliance Industries have agreed to develop an AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, expanding their existing strategic partnership into large-scale physical infrastructure. Under the agreement, Reliance will construct the facility and Meta will lease capacity, beginning with an initial 168 MW and retaining the option to expand as demand grows.
The project is intended to strengthen Meta’s AI infrastructure footprint and support compute-intensive workloads across its global products. According to a Meta press release, the reason why Jamnagar was selected is because the city has access to substantial energy resources, and Reliance’s ongoing development of its largest data center campuses globally. The initial 168 MW phase forms the buildout foundation which is designed for incremental expansion based on future capacity requirements.
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Meta, said, “We’re proud to be working with Reliance to build our first AI-enabled data center in India. This world-class facility in Jamnagar will help us scale our AI infrastructure globally while deepening our long-term investment in India’s economy.”
Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited, said, “This partnership with Meta marks a transformative moment for India’s digital infrastructure. Building India’s first built-to-suit AI data center for a global technology leader of Meta’s scale demonstrates India’s readiness to be at the forefront of the global AI revolution.”
The facility will be part of Reliance’s broader data center campus development in Jamnagar, it is designed to run on renewable energy and use desalinated seawater for cooling, with Meta responsible for the associated utility costs. The site is positioned to handle high-density AI computing requirements, reflecting increasing demand for infrastructure capable of supporting model training and inference at scale.
The agreement extends a multi-year collaboration that began with Meta’s US$ 5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms in 2020, followed by initiatives to bring Meta’s open-source AI models to Indian developers and enterprises. The new facility marks a shift from software and connectivity partnerships toward dedicated infrastructure to support AI compute at scale in India.